Sunday, 11 January 2015

OSS 117: Le Caire, Nid d'Espions (2006 Michel Hazavicinius)

On the day of 'Je Suis Charlie' we wanted to celebrate the French spirit with something quintessentially French, irreverant and funny - cue the unbeatable smile of Jean Dujardin and his muezzin-bashing antics. Film delightfully recreates 60s spy films down to Ludovic Bourse's early Bond score and dodgy back projection, skilfully recreated by Guillaume Schiffman. That he has somehow learned to speak fluent Arabic and to play the oud by the end of the film is great - and his next assignment is Iraq - "All the world loves Westerners"!

With Bérénice Bejo, Aure Atika, Abdellah Moundy, Philippe Lefebvre

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